Author: Joe Soriano

Joe Soriano covers West Ham for Green Street Hammers and writes about Real Madrid for The Real Champs. He has extensive experience covering world football since 2014. Joe is an editor for The Trivela Effect, where he covers the biggest clubs in European football. He has watched professional sports regularly since 2002 and can be found playing the same sports he covers with his friends.
Aston Villa interested in signing two of LaLiga’s best RBs
9Jan By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Aston Villa interested in signing two of LaLiga’s best RBs

Aston Villa have been in the market for right back help for quite some time now, as Matty Cash hasn't been cutting it when comparing him to other starting right backs in the top seven of the Premier League. After securing a top-four finish last season and Champions League football, Aston Villa have found themselves in a much more difficult fight to secure UCL action next season. So Unai Emery and Monchi will have to make a couple of splashes this winter, too, in order to remain proactive and make sure they give themselves the best chance of success in the second half of the campaign. According to a report from Spanish footballing insider Matteo Moretto of Relevo, Aston Villa are showing interest in two of the best right backs in LaLiga, Juan Foyth of Villarreal and Rayo Vallecano'...
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Liverpool want to sign the best available free agent (that isn’t one of their own)
9Jan By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Liverpool want to sign the best available free agent (that isn’t one of their own)

Liverpool could potentially lose two of the best players in the world to free agency in 2025, as right winger Mohamed Salah and right back Trent Alexander-Arnold are both on expiring contracts without new deals in place. While the Reds have been slow to negotiate both deals, the overall sentiment is that the Premier League and Champions League leaders will be able to retain both players. Not only are they both world-class players, but Salah is the best right winger on the planet and Alexander-Arnold the best healthy right back. Losing Salah, the best player in the world, to Saudi Arabia would be devastating, but if Alexander-Arnold were to join Champions League rivals Real Madrid, that may be even more devastating, especially since TAA is a homegrown talent. But even as Liverpool ...
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Tottenham are eyeing the most shocking transfer of the January 2025 window
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Tottenham are eyeing the most shocking transfer of the January 2025 window

Tottenham have five different players with at least five goals scored, but they don't have a single player with 10 goals in the first half of the 2024/25 Premier League season. Dominic Solanke has been an all-around success at striker for Spurs, but his seven goals in 17 starts are a below-average return and don't even represent the team lead, as No. 10 James Maddison has scored 8. So Tottenham are looking for some additional goal-scoring with Son Heung-min slow off the block with 5 goals in 17 games and Solanke offering a different skill-set to that of a normal striker. There are options at the 9, like Randal Kolo Muani, but they, like Solanke, are expensive and therefore not without risk. So Tottenham could look to make a splash by going a less orthodox route. According to a ...
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Unai Emery could reunite with one of his best players at Villarreal
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Unai Emery could reunite with one of his best players at Villarreal

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has built something special in Birmingham, as the Lions reached the Champions League last season and have successively improved in each campaign under the Spanish coach. Emery, as much as he was panned at Arsenal, is one of the most acclaimed coaches in European football and a serial winner at the international cup level, boasting a bevy of Europa League success in Spain at two historic clubs in Sevilla and Villarreal. At his most recent stop, Villarreal, Emery helped develop some of European football's biggest gems, including one standout who traveled with him from Villarreal to Aston Villa in Pau Torres, a left-footed center back. Over the years, the transfer rumor mill has salivated at the prospect of Emery bringing someone else from Villarreal wi...
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Tottenham are slamming the gas pedal for a very risky winter signing
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Tottenham are slamming the gas pedal for a very risky winter signing

Tottenham made a big statement on Wednesday night in the League Cup, outlasting Liverpool 1-0 to win the first leg of the semifinals behind some excellent midfield play, including a goal from Lucas Bergvall, and a brilliant assist from hold-up-play maven Dominic Solanke. The 65 million pound man came to Tottenham with a huge point to prove at that bloated price point, but Solanke has quickly become one of the most important players on Tottenham. Though Spurs have struggled this season compared to expectations and last season's fifth-placed finish, Solanke has been as-advertised as an all-around centerpiece who brings others into the game. That said, Tottenham are having trouble scoring the volume of goals they were hoping for, and that has led to them showing an interest in strike...
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The biggest reason why Nico Williams isn’t going to Liverpool
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The biggest reason why Nico Williams isn’t going to Liverpool

Athletic Club left winger Nico Williams was already one of the biggest breakout stars in Spanish football during the 2022/23 season, and after following up a strong campaign with one that was just as good in 2023/24, Williams was clearly ready for the big time and already on the radar of the big clubs in his own country. But after lighting the European Championships alight across from teenage sensation Lamine Yamal, Williams, a champion with Spain, became the most in-demand left winger on the transfer market with suitors like Barcelona and Arsenal ready to pounce. Williams ultimately chose to stay loyal to the Basque and brother Iñaki, and while his performances have cooled just slightly this season, the 22-year-old remains one of the best wingers in LaLiga - and still on the radar o...
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Tottenham trying hard to bring a high-profile transfer flop back to the Premier League
9Jan By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Tottenham trying hard to bring a high-profile transfer flop back to the Premier League

Tottenham just saw one of their best midfielders, Rodrigo Bentancur, go down with what seemed like a serious injury in the early minutes of their eventual 1-0 League Cup triumph over Premier League leaders Liverpool. Spurs have a few quality pieces in midfield in converted winger Dejan Kulusevski, young prospects Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall, rising star Pape Sarr, and box-to-box worker Yves Bissouma. But there's a general feeling that in order to get back to the Champions League level, Tottenham need to make a big splash in the midfield by signing someone who can both defend and make plays. According to a report from Diario AS in Spain, Tottenham, as well as Fulham, are pushing harder than any other clubs in the Premier League to bring Douglas Luiz back to English football. ...
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The Edson Alvarez transfer news West Ham are itching to hear
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The Edson Alvarez transfer news West Ham are itching to hear

West Ham have been a train wreck this season, somehow taking a sizable step backwards from where they were last season after they suffered through a putrid second half of the season, leading to the iconic David Moyes's dismissal. Moyes looks like a fallen angel compared to the torment West Ham have been through over the last few months, as the ill-advised Julen Lopetegui appointment has, as any faithful LaLiga observer could have predicted, blown up spectacularly in the faces of the Hammers' decision-makers. But Lopetegui is now out and Graham Potter is in, giving West Ham a clear upgrade at the manager position. Potter, after all, first orchestrated the rise of success that Brighton enjoy today. Now, West Ham need to clean house and have a productive winter transfer window, and o...
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Aston Villa offered a chance to revive one of the world’s best CBs
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Aston Villa offered a chance to revive one of the world’s best CBs

Aston Villa are shorthanded in central defense right now, as one of their most important players, Pau Torres, fractured his metatarsal and will be out for the first two months to start 2025. Torres is one of the best center backs in the Premier League, so this is obviously a tough blow for the Lions, who are now looking for reinforcements in the January 2025 transfer window so that they can compete in the last six months of the season and maintain their standing as a Champions League side. According to a report from the Daily Mail, Aston Villa have been offered the opportunity to sign PSG star Milan Skriniar, who is one of the biggest names on the transfer market at center back. Skriniar was once one of the best center backs in the world at Inter Milan, winning the Scudetto in 202...
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Aston Villa’s next rumored sale means CB will be an even bigger transfer need
9Jan By Joe SorianoNo Comments
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Aston Villa’s next rumored sale means CB will be an even bigger transfer need

Aston Villa have two of the best center backs in the Premier League in Pau Torres and Ezri Konsa, both of whom have proven themselves as stars on an international level. But only one of them is healthy for the foreseeable future, as Torres suffered a fractured metatarsal about a week ago, leaving Aston Villa shorthanded entering the new year. Hence why Aston Villa are being linked to potential center back transfer targets. Their need in central defense may be increased by their own doing, though, as the Lions are close to making a high-profile sale. According to a report from the Daily Mail, Aston Villa are confident that they will finally be able to offload Brazilian central defender Diego Carlos, whom they tried hard to sell last year. Aston Villa believe they will be able to...
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